In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s largest ...

The seed for the first Woman's Rights Convention was planted in 1840, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the conference that refused to seat ...

While the early suffrage campaign was constitutional in its methods, by the first decade of the 20th century militant societies had formed. In England, the Women’s Social and Political Union was ...

A convention in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, sparked a 72-year-long, persistent national movement. Various women ...

Discover the often-overlooked contributions of Black women to the suffrage movement, highlighting their activism and efforts for equal rights.

Our collections contain primary source material relating to the campaign for women’s suffrage. The majority of this collection forms part of the Women’s Library, whose roots are founded in the ...

City police stood by, refusing to intervene. Presidents have to maneuver carefully on politically hot issues, and women's suffrage was no exception. The movement had been growing for decades.

Our collections contain primary source material relating to the campaign for women’s suffrage. The majority of this collection forms part of the Women’s Library, whose roots are founded in the ...

After 8 years in the position, and nearly 30 fighting for women's suffrage, Susan B. Anthony stepped down as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Anthony chose as her ...

They could not keep their own property and money. How did women try to change this position? Suffrage societies were formed in the 19th century and came together to form the National Union of ...